St Leonard's Church is a former

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building located in

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, Scotland. Standing on King Street, at the head of Charterhouse Lane, it was completed in 1836. It is now a

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building. The church was designed by local architect William Macdonald Mackenzie.William Macdonald Mackenzie
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James Smart made additions to the building in 1891, including the

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to the west which includes colourful high Victorian

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